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Introduction
This is an “ask me anything” (AMA) episode, which means a world-class expert and past podcast guest comes on the podcast to answer questions submitted by you, our podcast listeners. Specifically, Sigma Nutrition Premium subscribers can submit questions for experts (here).
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- Stephan’s previous appearances on the podcast:
- 429: Kevin Hall, PhD & Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Carbohydrate-Insulin Model vs. Energy Balance Model
- 307: Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Are Popular Nutrition & Health Books Trustworthy, Accurate & Health-Promoting?
- 166: Stephan Guyenet, PhD – The Neuroscience of Overeating & Regulation of Calorie Balance
- 68: Stephan Guyenet, PhD – Overeating, Fat Mass Regulation & Energy Homeostasis
- [01.20]When someone undergoes liposuction or other surgery that removes adipose tissue, is there a sudden reduction in leptin levels?
- [03.56]What is the current research around how chronic energy restriction (or following crash diets) affects appetite hormones and/ or appetite regulation long term?
- [11.05]Can you talk about the conditions of anorexia and morbid obesity and how they essentially defy the rules of metabolic compensation?
- [22.30]Why do some SDRIs (serotonin–dopamine reuptake inhibitors) and serotonin precursors reduce hunger/appetite?
- [26.38]Question about the ideal weight program
- [32.20]In 2018 a poster was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience titled ‘The human brain microbiome; there are bacteria in our brains!’ which showed bacteria apparently penetrating and inhabiting the cells of healthy human brains
- [34.55]It seems like there are significant differences in policies put forth between researchers from biomedical backgrounds and ones from public health policy backgrounds.
- [46.26] Question based on your debate on JRE with Gary Taubes
- [53.24]Are there best practices for the maximum duration someone should spend in fat loss (or weight gain) phases?
- [54.50]I’m a naturally skinny guy who helps other naturally skinny guys bulk up.
The Hosts
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Stephan Guyenet spent 12 years in academia studying neurodegenerative disease and obesity neuroscience. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Univeristy of Washington, studying the neuroscience of obesity and eating behavior. Previous to that he completed a PhD in neuroscience.
Stephan is the author of the popular and well-received book ‘The Hungry Brain‘, which lays out the science behind the brain’s role in obesity.
Danny Lennon has a master’s degree (MSc.) in Nutritional Sciences from University College Cork, and he is the founder of Sigma Nutrition.
Danny is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Sports Nutrition Association, the global regulatory body responsible for the standardisation of best practice in the sports nutrition profession.
